Paras Dogra

Paras Dogra (born 19 November 1984) is an Indian cricketer who has played first-class cricket since 2001. He is a right-handed batsman.

Paras Dogra
Personal information
Full name
Paras Dogra
Born 19 November 1984 (age 38)
Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Legbreak
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
Years Team
2001–2017 Himachal Pradesh
2008–2009 Rajasthan Royals
2016 Gujarat Lions
2018–2022 Pondicherry
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 118 101 88
Runs scored 8,575 2,909 1,932
Batting average 53.26 41.55 27.11
100s/50s 28/29 4/17 0/9
Top score 253 136* 93*
Balls bowled 793 37 1
Wickets 4 0 0
Bowling average 94.50
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/14
Catches/stumpings 127/– 61/– 48/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 November 2021

Career

In November 2015, Dogra equalled the record of double centuries scored in the Ranji Trophy when he scored his seventh score of 200 runs or more.

For most of his career he played for Himachal Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy. In the Indian Premier League, he has played for Rajasthan Royals, Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he transferred from Himachal Pradesh to Puducherry. He was the leading run-scorer for Puducherry in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, with 257 runs in six matches.

In November 2018, Dogra became the first batsman for Puducherry to score a century in the Ranji Trophy. The following month, he scored 253 from 244 balls against Sikkim. It was his eighth double century, the most by a batsman in the Ranji Trophy. He was the leading run-scorer for Puducherry in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, with 729 runs in eight matches.